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Shuakhevi

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Country
  
Georgia

Time zone
  
Georgian Time (UTC+4)

Population
  
797 (2014)

Autonomous Republic
  
Adjara

Local time
  
Sunday 3:01 PM

Mkhare
  
Adjara

Shuakhevi

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 87% Humidity

Shuakhevi (Georgian: შუახევი [ʃuɑxɛvi]) is a small town in Georgia's autonomous region of Ajaria, 67 km east to the regional capital Batumi. Situated on the right bank of the Adjaristsqali River, it is an administrative center of Shuakhevi District, which comprises the town itself and 68 adjoining mountainous villages. The area of the district is 588 km²; population – 15,044.

Map of Shuakhevi, Georgia

There is a plant to build Shuakhevi hydro power plant, a run-of-the-river plant with installed capacity of 185 MW with expected electricity output of 452 GWh. It is expected to be commissioned in 2016.

Near the town are the ruins of a medieval fortress.

References

Shuakhevi Wikipedia